[Video shamelessly stolen from Shane Jones's Facebook feed] Of course sometimes the hippie with his feet up on the desk actually does have good taste — the example is too often used, but, well, Gordon Lish. (There must be others; good books do still get published.) Still, up until all that “Punker” and “tennis” business, [...]
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That Entrepreneurial Spirit
Posted in Uncategorized, tagged Frank Zappa, Gordon Lish, J. Edward Reynolds, Mark Z. Danielewski, Plan 9 from Outer Space, Shane Jones on December 15, 2011 | 2 Comments »
Mezynski’s GLIMPSES available for pre-order
Posted in Uncategorized, tagged Kendra Grant Malone, Matthew Savoca, Neila Mezynski, Scrambler Books, Shane Jones on February 26, 2011 | Leave a Comment »
Scrambler Books is a righteous press (says the author whose first book was with them). Shane Jones’s A CAKE APPEARED, Kendra Grant Malone’s EVERYTHING IS QUIET, Matthew Savoca’s LONG LOVE POEM WITH DESCRIPTIVE TITLE, & now, available for pre-order, Neila Mezynski’s GLIMPSES. I’ve been reading quite a bit of Mezynski for awhile now, & I’m [...]
Death to February
Posted in Uncategorized, tagged Light Boxes, Shane Jones on May 1, 2010 | 3 Comments »
In a recent blog post, “Human,” Shane Jones writes: Anytime I read something positive about my book I get a very short (maybe like 30 second happy feeling) and then it’s gone and I don’t remember it really. When I read something negative, or get a negative email from someone, it lasts much longer, and I [...]
5 Books Published in 2009 that Wrecked My Brain a Little
Posted in Uncategorized, tagged Adam Robinson, Brandon Downing, Catherine Kasper, Easter Rabbit, Fence, Joseph Young, Justin Sirois, Lake Antiquity, Light Boxes, MLKNG SCKLS, Noemi, Notes From the Committee, Publishing Genius, Shane Jones on December 31, 2009 | 7 Comments »
Easter Rabbit, Joseph Young. This is an IMPORTANT book. Some reviewer predicted early in Richard Brautigan’s career that he was creating a new genre, that one day we’d read novels, poems, short stories, and “brautigans.” He was right, even if common parlance has yet to catch up. Enter the new mode of writing: ‘joe-youngs.’ These [...]
what you read what i read, part ii
Posted in Uncategorized, tagged Babyfucker, Book of Disquietude, Dalkey Archive Press, Europeana, FC2, Fernando Pessoa, Fugue State Press, Jeff Clark, Les Figues Press, Mati Unt, Patrik Ourednik, Ruins, Shane Jones, Steve Tomasula, The Failure Six, Things in the Night, TOC, Turtle Point Press, Urs Allemann on November 23, 2009 | 9 Comments »
because folks liked my last version of this, for your viewing pleasure, below are the books i read last week. it’s a pretty exciting list: 1. Patrik Ourednik’s Europeana: A Brief History of the Twentieth Century (Dalkey Archive, 2005): The twentieth century boiled down to painstakingly concise and shocking truths. No one is left unscathed [...]
Big Other Contributors’ News
Posted in Uncategorized, tagged Artistically Declined, John Madera, Kim Chinquee, Kitty Snacks, Leni Zumas, Light Boxes, Midnight Picnic, Molly Gaudry, Mud Luscious Press, Nick Antosca, Pretty, Ryan Bradley, Sententia, Shane Jones, The Collagist, We Take Me Apart, White Pine Press on October 23, 2009 | Leave a Comment »
Leni Zumas has a fantastic new story in Kitty Snack’s 2nd issue. Please check out an excerpt of “On Water” HERE. ………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………. Ryan Bradley is co-publisher of the new press Artistically Declined which will be releasing Ken Sparling’s elusive second novel, Hush Up and Listen Stinky Poo Butt in early 2010. Sparling is the author [...]
One Hour of Television, by Kristina Born
Posted in Uncategorized, tagged Blake Butler, Kristina Born, One Hour of Television, Shane Jones, The Year of the Liquidator on October 20, 2009 | 1 Comment »
From Shane Jones: Me and Blake Butler are really excited about our first title, ONE HOUR OF TELEVISION by Kristina Born, being published by our new indie press experiment YEAR OF THE LIQUIDATOR. We’re so excited that we want you to get excited about it and help us get the word out. It helps that [...]
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